Nature Communications (Jun 2019)

Global impacts of future cropland expansion and intensification on agricultural markets and biodiversity

  • Florian Zabel,
  • Ruth Delzeit,
  • Julia M. Schneider,
  • Ralf Seppelt,
  • Wolfram Mauser,
  • Tomáš Václavík

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-10775-z
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 10, no. 1
pp. 1 – 10

Abstract

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The increase in needs for agricultural commodities is projected to outpace the growth of farmland production globally, leading to high pressure on farming systems in the next decades. Here, the authors investigate the future impact of cropland expansion and intensification on agricultural markets and biodiversity, and suggest the need for balancing agricultural production with conservation goals.